SoBigData Summer School on Data Analysis and AI in Sport, Health and Wellbeing

The SoBigData Summer School is a four-day interdisciplinary programme focusing on data analysis, machine learning and AI applied to sport, health and wellbeing, with additional themes on privacy, fairness and security. It combines expert-led lectures in the mornings with supervised group project work in the afternoons; projects are evaluated by a panel of experts. The programme includes presentations of real-world social challenges by partner companies and associations and hands-on use of tools and methodologies from the SoBigData Research Infrastructure. The 2026 edition takes place at a resort in Baratti (Piombino), Tuscany, Italy.

Expert-led lectures, supervised group project work with dedicated tutors, project evaluation by a panel of experts, participation in social events, access to the summer school venue and programme activities.

Target attendees include postgraduate students, PhD students, researchers and social scientists.